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Lacná kniha Midnight Falcon (-70%)
An epic story begins with a young man's avowal: 'Tell him that one day I shall cut his vile heart out.' The speaker is Bane the Bastard, a Wolfshead living outside the law. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante. They valued his skills in war, but they feared the violence in his heart.
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Lacná kniha Midnight Falcon
An epic story begins with a young man's avowal: 'Tell him that one day I shall cut his vile heart out.' The speaker is Bane the Bastard, a Wolfshead living outside the law. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante. They valued his skills in war, but they feared the violence in his heart.
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Berlin
An almighty storm hit Berlin in the last days of April 1945. Enveloped by the unstoppable force of East and West, explosive shells pounded buildings while the inhabitants of a once glorious city sheltered in dark cellars - just like their Fuhrer in his bunker. The Battle of Berlin was a key moment in history; marking the end of a deathly regime, the defeated city was ripped in two by the competing superpowers of the Cold War.
In Berlin, bestselling historian Sinclair McKay draws on never-before-seen first-person accounts to paint a picture of a city ravaged by ideology, war and grief. Yet to fully grasp the fall of Berlin, it is crucial to also explore in detail the years beforehand and to trace the city being rebuilt, as two cities, in the aftermath. From the passionate and austere Communists of 1919 to the sleek and serious industrialists of 1949, and from the glitter of innovation from artists such as George Grosz to the desperate border crossings for three decades from 1961, this is a story of a city that shaped an entire century, as seen through the eyes not of its rulers, but of those who walked its streets.
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Kaštánek
Před mnoha a mnoha lety byl zasazen kouzelný strom, na kterém se čas od času urodí jen jeden kouzelný plod. Ten zůstává na stromě nejdéle a čeká na správnou chvíli. Když jde okolo někdo, kdo potřebuje pomoc, spadne a splní mu jeho nejtoužebnější přání. Malý Péťa má také jedno takové velké přání. Najde kouzelný plod, který mu je může splnit?
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Dogstar - Somewhere Between The Power Lines And Palm Trees LP
KDO: Dogstar byla alternativní rocková skupina, která vznikla v Los Angeles v Kalifornii na přelomu 80. a 90. let 20. století. Skupina získala značnou pozornost, zejména díky svému baskytaristovi, herci Keanu Reevesovi, který se stal známým díky svým filmovým rolím. Dogstar byla založena v roce 1991 a původní sestava zahrnovala baskytaristu Keanu Reevesa, bubeníka Roberta Mailhousea a kytaristu Gregga Millera. Hudba Dogstar byla ovlivněna alternativním rockem a grungem, což byly dominantní žánry v té době. Skupina vydala dvě studiová alba "Our Little Visionary" (1996) a "Happy Ending" (2000). Dogstar odehrála řadu koncertů a turné, ale počátkem 21. století postupně ustala jejich aktivita.
CO: Po dlouhých letech odmlky přichází Dogstar se svým třetím studiovým albem „Somewhere Between The Power Lines And Palm Trees“.
LP (black)
1. A1 Blonde
2. A2 How the Story Ends
3. A3 Everything Turns Around
4. A4 Overhang
5. A5 Dillon Street
6. A6 Lily
7. B1 Lust
8. B2 Glimmer
9. B3 Sunrise
10. B4 Sleep
11. B5 Upside
12. B6 Breach
Dogstar - Somewhere Between The Power Lines And Palm Trees CD
KDO: Dogstar byla alternativní rocková skupina, která vznikla v Los Angeles v Kalifornii na přelomu 80. a 90. let 20. století. Skupina získala značnou pozornost, zejména díky svému baskytaristovi, herci Keanu Reevesovi, který se stal známým díky svým filmovým rolím. Dogstar byla založena v roce 1991 a původní sestava zahrnovala baskytaristu Keanu Reevesa, bubeníka Roberta Mailhousea a kytaristu Gregga Millera. Hudba Dogstar byla ovlivněna alternativním rockem a grungem, což byly dominantní žánry v té době. Skupina vydala dvě studiová alba "Our Little Visionary" (1996) a "Happy Ending" (2000). Dogstar odehrála řadu koncertů a turné, ale počátkem 21. století postupně ustala jejich aktivita.
CO: Po dlouhých letech odmlky přichází Dogstar se svým třetím studiovým albem „Somewhere Between The Power Lines And Palm Trees“.
CD
1. Blonde
2. How the Story Ends
3. Everything Turns Around
4. Overhang
5. Dillon Street
6. Lily
7. Lust
8. Glimmer
9. Sunrise
10. Sleep
11. Upside
12. Breach
A Bubble Burst
How a Stock Exchange Scare Dislocated the Life of the Empire For Two Days, a story in the "Doom of London" series in which the author sounds the clarion call of potential disasters that my befall the great city. Here, it is the tale of an investment "bubble", an irrational exuberance for buying shares of South African gold mining stocks. Excerpts:"From the highest to the lowest everybody was investing their savings in South Africa. ... In other words, there was a tremendous 'boom.' Nothing like it had ever been seen in the history of commerce. It was the golden hour of the promoter. Yet, for the most part, the schemes promised well. There was, however, an enormous amount of rubbish on the market. Some of the more thoughtful financiers scented danger ahead, but they were not listened to."All England was in the grip of the mania. Bona fide speculation and business had become gambling pure and simple. London thought of nothing else. The City was crammed with excited buyers and operators...."Then a cable telegram arrives from South Africa at one London newspaper office, saying that a tremendous earthquake has destroyed the Johannesburg water system and flooded the gold mines. The undersea cables from South Africa then broke down after the message was received, so no further messages could be sent or received to confirm or to learn more. The newspaper publishes the exclusive news. Investors panic and sell their shares at any price before they are ruined by plunging values. But is it true, or a fraud? -- a market manipulation?
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Anno Domini 2071
A speculative novelette predicting some changes in the world 200 years into the future from the year 1871, written by a noted Dutch scientist, originally published in the Dutch language, the author hiding himself behind the pen name of "Dr. Dioscorides".The story begins as the narrator settles into his comfortable chair and ponders the predictions made by Roger Bacon, the 13th-century scholar, that actually came true by the 19th century: telescopes, self-propelled vehicles, bridges across spans without intermediate supports, devices to navigate without navigators, ships that can be controlled by a single man at great speeds. As he dozes, he suddenly becomes alert and sees that he is in the year 2071 by the date on a clock tower. A noble old man appears before him, whom he recognizes as Roger Bacon, with a young lady named Miss Phantasia. He learns from them that he is in the city of Londinia, a megalopolis formerly London, England. They give him a tour of Londinia and then they take him on a flight over Europe and onward to New Holland (Australia) by airship, explaining the new technologies and changes in the world.Some of the predictions: domed air-conditioned cities, megalopolis cities, end of war due to the cost, electro-magnetic device to control direction of airship travel, universal time for electronic transactions around the globe, electric vehicles powered by batteries, submergence of North Holland under the sea, decline of colonization, the age of aluminum, and more.Edited from the rough OCR www.archives.com version by Stanley Sokolow.
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Emily Climbs
Emily Byrd Starr longs to attend Queen's Academy to earn her teaching license, but her tradition-bound relatives at New Moon refuse. She is instead offered the chance to go to Shrewsbury High School with her friends, on two conditions. The first is that she board with her disliked Aunt Ruth, but it is the second that causes Emily difficulties. Emily must not write a word during her high-school education. At first, Emily refuses the offer, unable to contemplate a life without any writing. Cousin Jimmy changes the condition slightly, saying that she cannot write a word of "fiction". Emily does not think this much of an improvement but it turns out to be an excellent exercise for her budding writing career. Although Emily clashes with Aunt Ruth and Evelyn Blake, the school's would-be writer, she starts to develop her powers of storytelling. Through a series of adventures, Emily is furnished with materials to write stories and poems, and even sees success with the short story "The Woman Who Spanked the King." In the meantime, Emily also begins to see romantic possibilities for her life. She and Teddy Kent draw closer, but due to misunderstandings and interference from Teddy's mother, the romance stalls. Emily also refuses a proposal from Perry Miller, and continues her long-lasting friendship with Dean Priest. At the end of the novel, Emily, now a budding young writer, chooses to remain at her beloved New Moon rather than leaving for New York with famous writer Janet Royal.
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The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time. Its narrative flaws were criticized from the start, and its length and elaborately formal prose style have reduced its appeal to later readers. Regardless, The Last of the Mohicans is widely read in American literature courses. This second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy is the best known. The Pathfinder, written 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel.Cooper named a principal character Uncas after the most famous of the Mohicans. The real Mohicans lived in the colony of Connecticut in the mid-seventeenth century, and not in the New York frontier a century later. Uncas was a Mohegan, not a Mohican, and Cooper's usage has helped to confuse the names of two tribes to the present day. When John Uncas, his last surviving male descendant died in 1842, the Newark Daily Advertiser wrote "Last of the Mohegans Gone" lamenting the extinction of the tribe. The writer was not aware that Mohegans still existed then and to the present day.The story takes place in 1757 during the Seven Years' War (known in America as the French and Indian War), when France and the United Kingdom battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results.Source: Wikipedia
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The Mysterious Card
(This has been called one of the two most famous riddle stories of all time, along with "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank Stockton.)Burwell, a New Yorker in Paris, during intermission at the Folies Bergere, is inconspicuously given a card by a charming, elegant lady passing by his table with a gentleman. The card bore some French words written in purple ink. Not knowing that language, he was unable to make out the meaning. He returned at once to his hotel to inquire concerning the message on the card, where he asked the hotel manager to translate the roughly 20 words. As he read, the manager's face grew rigid with astonishment. He exclaimed: "Where did you get this, monsieur?"Burwell started to explain, but was interrupted by: "That will do, that will do. You must leave the hotel.""What do you mean?" asked Burwell, in amazement."You must leave the hotel, now--tonight--without fail!" commanded the manager, excitedly.At the next hotel, Burwell received the same reaction. Relentlessly pursuing the solution to the mystery of the card, he suffers a succession of unfortunate experiences. The story ends without a clear resolution, leaving the readers to ponder the mystery.The author revealed the solution to this puzzle in the sequel, "The Mysterious Card Unveiled," which he didn't publish until the next year, to keep his readers in suspense.(The sequel will also be found at Feedbooks soon after the first part has been published. Don't cheat -- guess a solution to the mystery before reading the sequel!)
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Oasis - The Masterplan (25th Anniversary Remastered Edition) (Silver) 2LP
Oasis bola anglická rocková skupina založená v Manchestri v roku 1991. Pôvodne známa ako The Rain, skupinu spočiatku tvorili Liam Gallagher (spev, tamburína), Paul Arthurs (gitara), Paul McGuigan (basgitara) a Tony McCarroll (bicie). Liamov starší brat Noel (gitara, spev) sa neskôr pridal ako piaty člen, čím sa skompletizovala základná zostava skupiny. Počas svojej existencie prešli rôznymi zmenami v zostave, pričom jedinými stabilnými členmi zostali bratia Gallagherovci. Do roku 2023 predali Oasis celosvetovo viac ako 95 miliónov nahrávok. Patria medzi najúspešnejšie počiny v UK Singles Chart and Albums Chart, s ôsmimi britskými singlami číslo jedna a ôsmimi britskými albumami číslo jedna. Skupina tiež dosiahla tri platinové albumy v USA. Získali 17 cien NME, deväť cien Q, štyri ceny MTV Europe Music Awards a šesť cien Brit Awards, vrátane jednej v roku 2007 za výnimočný prínos hudbe a jednej za „Najlepší album za posledných 30 rokov“ za (What's the Story) Morning Glory ?. Boli tiež nominovaní na dve ceny Grammy.
"The Masterplan“ je mimoriadna zbierka B-strán, ktoré sa pôvodne objavili na singloch z prvých troch albumov definujúcich éru Oasis, „Definitely Maybe“ (1994), „(What's The Story) Morning Glory?“ (1995) a „Be Teraz tu“ (1997). Mnohé zo 14 skladieb obsiahnutých v "The Masterplan" nie sú ani zďaleka horšie ako singly, ktoré ich podporovali, ale stali sa známymi ako najväčšie single kapely toho kľúčového obdobia. Album obsahuje piesne „Acquiesce“, „Half The World Away“, „Talk Tonight“, kultový live cover skladby „I Am The Walrus“ od Beatles a epickú titulnú skladbu. Noel často opísal „The Masterplan“ ako jednu z najlepších skladieb, aké kedy napísal. Formáty zahŕňajú CD, Heavyweight Black LP a limitovanú edíciu Silver LP, oslavujúce 25 rokov."The Masterplan“ umiestnený na č. 2 v britskom oficiálnom rebríčku albumov, kde sa za prvý týždeň predalo viac ako 122 000 kópií.Neskôr bola certifikovaná ako trojnásobná platina a celosvetovo sa z nej predalo viac ako tri milióny kópií.
Tracklist:
LP 1:
1. Acquiesce
2. Underneath The Sky
3. Talk Tonight
4. Going Nowhere
5. Fade Away
6. The Swamp Song
7. I Am The Walrus - Live Glasgow Cathouse June '94
LP 2:
1. Listen Up
2. Rockin' Chair
3. Half The World Away
4. (It's Good) To Be Free
5. Stay Young
6. Headshrinker
4. The Masterplan
Pongo orangutan plyšová hračka JELLYCAT
Pongo Orangutan má dlhé ruky a nohy na hojdanie zo stromu na strom! Tento zvedavý horolezec sa už nemôže dočkať, až ťa stretne, so sušienkovou kožušinou v zázvorovej a karamelovej farbe, chrumkavými ušami a šmrncnutým bruškom, ako aj s tými hučiacimi labkami!
INFORMÁCIA: Vhodné od narodenia. Nenechávajte v kolíske, či postieľke bez dozoru. Prať len ručne. Neodporúča sa prať v práčke, sušiť v sušičke, či žehliť. Testované a spĺňa európsku bezpečnostnú normu pre hračky: EN71 časti 1, 2 a 3 pre všetky vekové kategórie.
Various - Ultimate Reggae & Ska Classics 5CD
KDO: různí interpreti
CO: Speciální kompilace nabízí ultimativní výběr rovných sta nejklasičtějších skladeb v rámci žánrů „reggae“ a „ska“.
CD1
1. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
2. Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
3. Harry J Allstars - Liquidator
4. Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
5. Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
6. Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People
7. Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, a Message to You
8. Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)
9. The Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number
10. The Pioneers - Long Shot (Kick De Bucket)
11. The Ethiopians - Train to Skaville
12. Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp
13. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come
14. The Upsetters - Dollar In the Teeth
15. The Valentines - Guns Fever (Blam Blam Fever)
16. Lord Tanamo - I'm In the Mood for Love
17. Tommy McCook - The Shadow of Your Smile
18. Bruce Ruffin - Rain
19. Greyhound - Black and White
20. Boris Gardiner - I Want to Wake Up With You
CD2
1. Desmond Dekker & The Four Aces - Get Up Adina
2. Drumbago & His Band - Duck Soup
3. Don Drummond & The Skatalites - Street Corner
4. Clive & Naomi - You Are Mine
5. Eric Morris - If I Didn't Love You
6. The Skatalites - Musical Communion
7. Frank Anderson & The Skatalites - Musical Store Room
8. Chuck & Dobby - I Don't Need Your Love
9. Clancy Eccles - Sammy No Dead
10. Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites - Sandy Gully
11. The Zodiacs & The Baba Brooks Band - Renegade
12. Lyn Taitt & The Comets - Storm Warning
13. The Baba Brooks Band - Teenage Ska
14. The Rio Grandes - Soldiers Take Over
15. Winston & George - Denham Town
16. The Rulers - Don't Be a Rude Boy
17. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Here I Stand
18. Carl Dawkins - Baby I Love You
19. The Techniques with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Queen Majesty
20. The Uniques - Gypsy Woman
CD3
1. The Upsetters - Return of Django
2. The Maytals - Pressure Drop
3. Dandy - (People Get Ready) Let's Do Rocksteady
4. Dave Barker & Bunny Wailer - What a Confusion
5. The Spanishtonians - Rudie Gets Plenty
6. The Valentines - Stop the Violence
7. Phyllis Dillon - Don't Stay Away
8. Derrick Morgan - I Want to Go Home
9. The Paragons - Island In the Sun
10. Errol Dunkley - You're Gonna Need Me
11. The Jamaicans with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Baba Boom (Festival '67)
12. The Ethiopians - Engine 54
13. Alton Ellis & The Flames - Duke of Earl
14. John Holt - Ali Baba
15. Hugh Malcolm - Good Time Rock
16. Joya Landis - Moonlight Lover
17. Delroy Wilson - Put Yourself in My Place
18. Harry J Allstars - Jack the Ripper
19. Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
20. Slim Smith - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
CD4
1. Bob & Marcia - (To Be) Young Gifted and Black (UK Mix)
2. The Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
3. Horace Faith - Black Pearl (Single Version)
4. John Holt - Help Me Make It Through the Night (Jamaican Mix)
5. Bruce Ruffin - Mad About You
6. Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner
7. The Melodians - Sweet Sensation
8. The Gaylads - It's All In the Game
9. Owen Gray - Too Experienced
10. The Charmers - Skinhead Train
11. Niney - Blood and Fire
12. Stranger Cole - Crying Every Night (These Eyes)
13. Hopeton Lewis & U Roy with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Drive Her Home (aka Drive It Home)
14. Dennis Brown - Silhouettes
15. Paulette Williams - My Island
16. The Tennors - Weather Report
17. Desmond Dekker - Sing a Little Song
18. Horace Andy - You Are My Angel
19. Ken Boothe - Ain't No Sunshine
20. Jimmy London - Bridge Over Troubled Water
CD5
1. Boris Gardiner - You Make Me Feel Brand New
2. Marcia Griffiths - When Will I See You Again
3. Susan Cadogan - In the Ghetto
4. John Holt - Girl from Ipanema
5. Ken Boothe - Let's Get It On
6. Barbara Jones - Walk Through This World
7. Susan Cadogan - Do It Baby (Nice and Easy) (7" Mix)
8. The Heptones - Mistry Babylon
9. Junior Byles - Curly Locks
10. Gregory Isaacs - Mr. Cop
11. Big Youth - Johnny Reggae
12. Lee "Scratch" Perry - City Too Hot (7" Mix)
13. Sugar Minott - Never Gonna Give Up Jah
14. Junior Murvin - Cool Out Son
15. Dennis Brown - Let Me Down Easy
16. The Viceroys - They Can't Stop Us Now
17. Barrington Levy - Poor Man Style
18. Marie Pierre - Walk Away
19. Sophia George - Girlie Girlie
20. Lord Tanamo - Dash of the Sunshine
Someday, Maybe
Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you won't be able to stop talking about.
Here are three things you should know about my husband:
He was the great love of my life despite his penchant for going incommunicado
He was, as far as I and everyone else could tell, perfectly happy.
On New Year’s Eve, he killed himself
And here is one thing you should know about me:
I found him.
Bonus fact: No. I am not okay
Eve is left heartbroken by her husband's unexpected death, but everyone around her – her friends, her boisterous British-Nigerian family, her toxic mother-in-law – seems to be pushing her to move on. Unable to face the future, Eve begins looking back, delving through the history of her marriage in an attempt to understand where it went wrong. So begins an unconventional love story about loss, resilience, and a heroine bursting with rage and unexpected joy.
Will
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.
Will Smith's transformation from a fearful child in a tense West Philadelphia home to one of the biggest rap stars of his era and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, with a string of box office successes that will likely never be broken, is an epic tale of inner transformation and outer triumph, and Will tells it astonishingly well. But it's only half the story.
Will Smith thought, with good reason, that he had won at life: not only was his own success unparalleled, his whole family was at the pinnacle of the entertainment world. Only they didn't see it that way: they felt more like star performers in his circus, a seven-days-a-week job they hadn't signed up for. It turned out Will Smith's education wasn't nearly over.
This memoir is the product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind. Written with the help of Mark Manson, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Will is the story of how one exceptional man mastered his own emotions, written in a way that can help everyone else do the same. Few of us will know the pressure of performing on the world's biggest stages for the highest of stakes, but we can all understand that the fuel that works for one stage of our journey might have to be changed if we want to make it all the way home. The combination of genuine wisdom of universal value and a life story that is preposterously entertaining, even astonishing, puts Will the book, like its author, in a category by itself.
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Black Clover, Vol. 32
In a world of magic, Asta, a boy with anti-magic powers, will do whatever it takes to become the Wizard King!
Asta is a young boy who dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the kingdom. Only one problem-he can't use any magic! Luckily for Asta, he receives the incredibly rare five-leaf clover grimoire that gives him the power of anti-magic. Can someone who can't use magic really become the Wizard King? One thing's for sure-Asta will never give up!
To save Yami, the Black Bulls storm their way into enemy territory. And with a powered-up Asta joining the fight, the battle may be going their way. But when the most powerful devil in the underworld finally makes his appeareance, the entire world may be on the verge of destruction!
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11,95 €
Cherish on the Cape
So close but so far was an understatement when it came to her love life…
Ever practical Claire Adams has been dealt an impossible blow, she’s lost her fiancé the night before their wedding, then shortly after, her unborn child. But for everyone else, it seems, life continues on, and with all the wedding and pregnancies in town, the aching hole in her heart continues to grow. Knowing she can’t be the only person suffering from loss, she starts a coping-through-art program at the new Archer Conservation Park of Cape Van Buren. She will never have the family of her dreams, but helping other’s overcome grief is the exact kind of distraction she needs. Until she finds herself working alongside the one man who reminds her exactly why remaining single is her best life strategy.
When it comes to dating, Mitch Brennan has two simple rules: keep it casual but make every moment memorable. Only now, his life-of-the-party reputation isn’t making his run for the City Attorney’s seat easy. So he agrees to some pro bono work, consulting for the new Conservation Center—and he has one month to change people’s minds. Except escaping his playboy image is harder than he imagines, especially when he’s paired with the sexy event planner—who is in desperate need of a happy memory of her own. But one laugh leads to a kiss, and before he knows it, he realizes he’s broken his number one rule. Now the biggest risk of all isn’t losing out on the attorney seat, it’s losing her.
Can two hearts terrified of love brave the waves or will fear keep them from reaching the shores of happy ever after?
Cherish on the Cape, an On the Cape novel, Cape Van Buren book 3 by USA Today bestselling author MK Meredith is both sexy and poignant. Mitch and Claire's story will push all your emotional buttons and keep you turning the pages! Read as a series or standalone.
Swipe up this sexy contemporary second chance romance now!
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Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1
Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time!
Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. Now for the first time, many of Murakami's best-loved short stories are available in graphic novel form in English. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1 is the first of three volumes, which will present a total of 9 short stories from Murakami's bestselling collections.
With their trademark mix of realism and fantasy, centering around Murakami's characteristic themes of loss, remorse and confusion, the four stories in this volume are:
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo: A few days after an earthquake, Katagiri discovers a giant frog in this home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from another earthquake, but Katagiri must help him. Is this real, or is Katagiri dreaming? "[This story has] such an engaging mix of realism and fantasy that it takes a while for you to realize what a sad undertow the story has and how much it says about Katagiri's solitary life, his feelings of powerlessness and his dread of another quake." —The New York Times
Where I'm Likely to Find It: A woman's husband goes missing so she hires detective. As the detective traces the man's whereabouts, he reflects on the meaning of his own life. "A searching Kafkaesque parable about disappearance, loss and coping." —Kirkus Reviews
Birthday Girl: A woman tells her friend the story of a surreal encounter she has on her twentieth birthday with the owner of the restaurant where she works, who grants her a wish.
The Seventh Man: The story of a man scarred by the death of his childhood friend in a tsunami. "Although Murakami's style and deadpan humour are wonderfully distinctive, his emotional territory is more familiar—remorse, unresolved confusion, sudden epiphanies—though heightened by the surreal. In The Seventh Man, one of his saddest stories, the narrator recalls the wave that reared up during a freak storm and engulfed his childhood friend." —The Guardian
These new graphic versions of classic Murakami short stories will be devoured by his fans and will provide a new window onto his work for a new generation of readers not yet familiar with it!
**Recommended for readers ages 16+ due to mature themes and graphic content**